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FWIW, on _Sunday_, July 4, there was a crew repainting that portion of Boston's Freedom Trail leading directly to the USS Constitution site. I don't begrudge the workers their double time+–but there did seem to be something wrong with the picture from the point of view of bang for the stimulus buck. . .

Don't road/sidewalk construction projects in business districts tend to increase business for the road crews while decreasing business for the brick and mortar businesses? It seems to happen where I live that one year they redo a section of road, the next year redo sidewalks, the next year rebuild the bridge on the section of road repaired a few years ago. And to add to the established businesses woes, the local radio and tv stations advised motorists to avoid going through my small city because of the construction.

In some areas we do need the repairs/replacements, but I wonder why they can't seem to do it all at once?

Another example of the broken window, people focus on what is seen, and not what is unseen. Many sidewalks are not used as much as the time property owners spend maintaining them (snow removal, sweeping, picking up trash, repairing)